id: 169736
accession number: 2011.52
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Initial I: Entwined Beast and Serpent: Leaf from a Bible (2 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1225–1250. England, Glastonbury?, 13th century. Tempera and ink on vellum; leaf: 20 x 15.2 cm (7 7/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.52
title: Initial I: Entwined Beast and Serpent: Leaf from a Bible (2 of 2 Excised Leaves)
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creation date: c. 1225–1250
creation date earliest: 1220
creation date latest: 1255
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creditline: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture: England, Glastonbury?, 13th century
technique: tempera and ink on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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measurements: Leaf: 20 x 15.2 cm (7 7/8 x 6 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations
opening date: 1999-12-19T00:00:00
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Glastonbury Abbey (purportedly)
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Roger Gale (1672-1744), Yorkshire, England
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[Sotheby's London, 22 June 1982, lot 47]
date: June 22, 1982
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[Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
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Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Durham, NC, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS
id: 160810
Leaf from a Bible: Initial E: Entwined Lions and Serpents (1 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1225-50. England, Glastonbury(?), 13th century. Tempera and ink on vellum; sheet: 20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.122
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CITATIONS
Sotheby's (Firm). Western Manuscripts and Miniatures. 1982.
page number: lot 47
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Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 13, cat. no. 2
url: https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n25
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